Congrats to FatFighterTV member – Angie – for winning last week’s giveaway for the set of Kim Lyons’ new DVDs, Start Fitness Now: Beating Type 2 Diabetes. Enjoy! And if you didn’t win, here’s another chance for you to try for the DVDs again – good luck!

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As obesity rates in children have been rising, we’ve heard how lack of exercise and a bad diet are to blame. Now, a surprising new study from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health says the amount of physical activity among U.S. teens has not changed that much over the past 20 years, but teens [...]

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You’ve seen her whip contestants into shape on The Biggest Loser. Now celebrity personal trainer, Kim Lyons is taking on diabetes with her new workout DVD series, Start Fitness Now: Beating Type 2 Diabetes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), diabetes now affects nearly 24 million people in the U.S. – [...]

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Congrats to FatFighterTV member – Jen – for winning last week’s giveaway for the ExerciseTV DVDs. Enjoy! Thanks again, Exercise TV!

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Over at Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat?, they are traveling into the future and playing mind games. It’s all about pretending to be at your weight/fitness goal. Why on earth would you do that? Find out here!

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Have your exercise habits changed in this down economy? A new poll finds more people are downsizing their workouts because of the recession. A couple of interesting things from the poll – sales of fitness equipment are down for the first time in 20 years, health club memberships decreased a little, and some regular exercisers [...]

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The answer, from a new study – it depends. Researchers stress not all weight-loss podcasts are equal, and caution that the programs should be engaging and offer sound diet and exercise advice or they won’t have much benefit. More on the most effective types of podcasts for weight loss here.

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Addicted to Twitter? Hooked on Facebook? Can’t get enough of your favorite websites? It seems there are so many more reasons to stay online these days… which means you’re doing a lot of sitting. By the end of the day it’s easy to feel tense, sore, and sedentary. But since this is just so unhealthy, [...]

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Brrr… just looking at this picture makes me shiver! I’ll be the first to admit that I am a big WINTER WIMP. When the weather is cold and dreary, I avoid going outside unless I absolutely have to. So, what about exercise? I might make it to the gym, but that would mean going outside [...]

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Do you let the ghosts of diets past haunt you as you try to get healthy? Never fear. Since Halloween is just around the corner, it’s time to exorcise those ghosts with the help of Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat? Be gone evil diet spirits!

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